IMMIGRATION NEWS

Kenya could soon experience a migration of highly trained individuals such as doctors and scientists to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The wealthy Gulf state is wooing such individuals from Kenya and other parts of the world with a long-term residence visa as part of efforts to develop its economy…

Kenya has extended the deadline for phasing out the old-generation passport to November 2022. Director-General of Immigration Services Alexander Muteshi announced the extension through a press release on Friday. Muteshi says the decision was arrived at during the 41st Ordinary Meeting of the East…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested 91 Ethiopian nationals for being in the country illegally. The 91 foreigners, including 55 adults and 44 juveniles, were found in a house within Milimani estate in Kitengela, Kajiado County on Sunday. The arrest followed…

The number of countries that holders of the Kenyan passport cannot access has dropped to 40 from 43 in October and 54 in July last year. The Henley Passport Index, which regularly monitors the world’s most travel-friendly passports, made the revelations in its final report of 2021. Even though…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has indefinitely suspended all inbound flights from Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria due to COVID-19 concerns. The directive announced by the UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) and the General Civil Aviation…

The United States has issued a holiday security alert for citizens planning to visit Kenya and those in the country. In a notice dated December 20th, the US Embassy in Nairobi said there was the potential for increased crime and acts of violent extremism in Kenya during the holiday season. “Planned…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has placed Kenya on its red alert list following the detection of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. As a result, persons traveling to the Gulf state from Kenya will face stricter travel requirements to enter the country. The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority says…

The National Assembly’s Administration and National Security Committee has endorsed a petition seeking to have the Nubian community recognized as a tribe in Kenya. The committee directed Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i to commence the process of recognizing Nubians as a tribe within three…

Israel-born singer Gilad Millo has finally obtained Kenyan citizenship. The ' Sema Milele' hitmaker broke the news through social media on Tuesday, saying he applied for Kenyan citizenship six years ago. “It has been 21 years since I first came to Kenya and 6 years since I applied for my Kenyan…

Lawyer Miguna Miguna insists the government must obey a court order to issue him with an emergency travel document. In a letter to Miguna’s attorney Nelson Havi, Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto said Kenyan immigration officials in Canada and Germany have been directed to furnish the fiery political…